Amp'd Mobile
Company type | Privately held company |
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Industry | Wireless Services |
Founded | 2005 |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
Website | Amp'd Mobile |
Amp'd Mobile is a mobile phone service launched in the United States in late 2005. The company is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator and operates on the Verizon Wireless CDMA EV-DO network.
Because the Amp'd Live service works on Verizon Wireless's EV-DO network, the content is not available on the more wide-spread 1x parts of the national network. This was not mentioned by Amp'd initially. But after some complaints a disclaimer was added to their home page. This EV-DO limitation is one put into effect by Verizon for their VCast service. Sprint Nextel does not have this same kind of limitation for their own 3G MVNO's Mobile ESPN and Helio .
Its primary non-Venture Capital investors are MTV Networks and Universal Music Group. The service is targeted at 18-35 year olds.
Services
Amp'd Live
Amp'd mobile's service is built around Amp'd Live, a permanently installed BREW application on all Amp'd Mobile phones, which features downloadable and streaming video on-demand clips, live events such as Super Cross, streaming phonecast radio stations, downloadable content such as games, ringtones, and songs. They are currently the only carrier licensed to show clips from the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
In 2006, Amp'd Mobile announced the creation of Amp'd Mobile Canada, which will be an MVNO/partnership with TELUS launching in early 2007. In this partnership, Amp'd will take care of marketing and content, while Telus will handle the billing, the customer care, and the retail aspects of the venture. Amp'd has subsequently announced that the handset selection will be different than that available in the US, and that it will include a PDA. [1]
Lil' Bush
Lil' Bush is a cartoon series made by Amp'd Mobile. It features a somewhat downsized depiction of United States president George W Bush, for which the series is centred around.
Chracters
Lil' Bush- The main chracter himself, a very thick boy that is always up to mischeif and fails in school.
George Sr- Lil' Bush's father, a very typical man with a bumbling attitude.
Barbara- Lil' Bushs mother, she holds her family together.
Lil' Jeb- Lil' Bushs brother, depicted as a mentally retarded boy and rides a short bus.
Lil' Cheney- Lil' Bushs friend, he always makes a grunbling "rarr graahh" noice.
Lil' Condi- Lil' Bushs friend, she has a crush on him, but always gets sucked into Lil' Bushs schemes and plans.
Lil' Rummy- Lil' Bushs friend, depicted as dimwitted, with all deciveness and no brains.
Links
Episode 1 "Hot Dog" [2]
Episode 2- "Nuked" [3]
Episode 3 -"Evolution" [4]
Current devices
- Kyocera Jet (custom-made for Amp'd)
- Kyocera Angel (white version of Jet)
- Motorola Hollywood (custom made for Amp'd)
- Moto Razr Amp'd edition
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